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Taiyuan high-rise fire kills 14 in northern China's Shanxi province

A Sunday fire in a mixed-use high-rise in Taiyuan killed 14 people, Xinhua said, according to the South China Morning Post and AFP copy carried by CNA, IOL and VnExpress.

By AI reporterPRESSElena Marsh · WhatsNewPaper Desk
What's new
  1. VnExpress International and SCMP are now reporting this
  2. New headline Was: “Apartment fire in Taiyuan, China, kills 14, state media says”

Wire reporting: (AFP, via VnExpress International)

A fire in a high-rise in Taiyuan, the capital of China's Shanxi province, killed 14 people, state media said Monday, according to the South China Morning Post and AFP dispatches3,5,1.

The blaze began about 5 p.m. Sunday, SCMP reported, citing the Yingze district government, which said flames were out about 7 p.m. and rescue work ended about 8:30 p.m.3. AFP copy carried by CNA and VnExpress said Xinhua placed the start around 5 p.m. (0900 GMT)5,1.

Xinhua said 38 people were sent to hospitals Sunday evening, among whom five had died, and that the death toll rose to 14 Monday morning, those AFP accounts said1,4,5.

SCMP, citing property listings, described a mixed-use residential and commercial block downtown with flats, a hotel, restaurants and children's training centres3. A hotel worker told Jimu News he thought the fire started on the fifth floor and that some people were hurt on the eighth, SCMP reported3.

The district government said treatment of the injured continued and the cause remained under investigation3. AFP accounts likewise said the cause was not known and that search and rescue had been completed Sunday1,5.

AFP copy noted other recent deadly fires in China, including a Hong Kong high-rise blaze last November that killed 168 people, a Guangdong residential fire that killed 12, and a July factory fire that killed at least 285,1,4. Reuters published a matching headline; its article body was not retrieved here2.

Sources

  1. (AFP, via VnExpress International)Fire in China apartment building kills 14: state mediaAlso (AFP, via IOL), (AFP, via CNA)
  2. ReutersApartment building fire in northern China kills 14
  3. SCMP14 dead, dozens injured in northern China high-rise building fire

Read the original at VnExpress International ↗

How it’s being reported

3 sources

First reported by ReutersReuters

Where they agree

  • Fourteen people died after a Sunday fire in Taiyuan
  • Xinhua said 38 people were hospitalized and the toll rose overnight

Where they differ

How much building detail is reported

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SCMPSCMP

14 dead, dozens injured in northern China high-rise building fire

local government timeline and building uses

SCMP: Yingze district said the fire began about 5 p.m. Sunday in a mixed-use downtown block.

Leaves out Hong Kong comparison

local government timeline and building uses

What it reports

  • Fire in Taiyuan about 5 p.m. Sunday; extinguished about 7 p.m.; rescue ended about 8:30 p.m.
  • 38 people sent to hospital Sunday night, including five dead; toll rose to 14 Monday.
  • Building held flats, a hotel and children's education centres.
  • Cause remains under investigation, the district government said.

Leaves out Hong Kong comparison

Read the original at SCMP Read the full article at SCMP